Home-only food.

[Willmore]

I was reading an article and in it the reporter says that he was interviewing this guy in the morning over bowls of oatmeal at some restaurant. Is it just me, or does that sound odd? I've always thought of oatmeal as a home-only food. Anyone else with me on this?

[foodcourtdruide]

I find it gross to eat meatballs prepared by a restaurant.

[hydee]

I was reading an article and in it the reporter says that he was interviewing this guy in the morning over bowls of oatmeal at some restaurant. Is it just me, or does that sound odd? I've always thought of oatmeal as a home-only food. Anyone else with me on this?

There is a place here in Montreal that makes an oatmeal that is so amazing. I swear it tastes like fresh baked apples, they also make one that tastes like pumpkin pie.

Oatmeal to make it great, takes a bit of effort. So I consider it an in and outside of the home food.

I don't get people that go to diners to eat cheerios or corn flakes though, or people that only go to breakfast for tea or coffee and toast.

[sailor]

Tuna salad. Seems gross in a restaurant.

[foodcourtdruide]

Tuna salad. Seems gross in a restaurant.

I agree. Same with egg salad.

[JPMNICK]

I find it gross to eat meatballs prepared by a restaurant.

i totally agree.

[SatCam]

peanut butter and jelly

[Misteriosa]

i consider cereal a home-only food. i see no reason to pay for a bowl of cereal at a diner. it costs the same as getting the regular size box in the store.

[EddieMoscone]

Oatmeal at a Hispanic Deli or Restaurant is something that I dare not duplicate at home.

[GregoryJoseph]

I'll NEVER understand anyone who goes out to a restaurant and pays $20 for a pasta dish.

You can buy a pound of it for under a buck.

[foodcourtdruide]

I'll NEVER understand anyone who goes out to a restaurant and pays $20 for a pasta dish.

You can buy a pound of it for under a buck.

My wife always says the same exact thing.

[Aggie]

I'll NEVER understand anyone who goes out to a restaurant and pays $20 for a pasta dish.

You can buy a pound of it for under a buck.

You're really paying for the sauce...I've had some amazing sauces that were worth the money and I know I could not reproduce.

But most food is cheaper and better when cooked at home.

[Furtherman]

I'll pay good money for an excellent pasta-seafood combo. I could make it at home, but like Aggie said, with the right sauce and flavoring, totally worth it.

I eat oatmeal every morning, at my desk. It's bland and blah... but good for me, so I suffer through it. I do miss the days of ham, egg & cheeses every morning!!

[Willmore]

I'll pay good money for an excellent pasta-seafood combo. I could make it at home, but like Aggie said, with the right sauce and flavoring, totally worth it.

I eat oatmeal every morning, at my desk. It's bland and blah... but good for me, so I suffer through it. I do miss the days of ham, egg & cheeses every morning!!

You just have to know how to make it. I make a shitty oatmeal, but my mom makes it unbelievably delicious. McCann's Irish Oatmeal is great, but it takes an hour to make a good oatmeal, so most people never bother. Then you top it off with some honey, and it's the best thing ever.

PS: The instant stuff you make in 2 minutes isn't oatmeal, by the way, it's goat vomit sealed in a baggie, warmed with some water.

[RhinoinMN]

peanut butter and jelly

For my kids stuff like that and mac and cheese I do not like ordering from a restaurant. 4-7 dollars for something that costs under a dollar at home is rape.

Also I will not order Walleye or any other kind of fish that I have access to catching on my own. There is no restaurant that can cook Walleye as good as me or my mother or my grandmother.

If it is a fish that I cannot get on my own I will order it.

[Furtherman]

PS: The instant stuff you make in 2 minutes isn't oatmeal, by the way, it's goat vomit sealed in a baggie, warmed with some water.

Yep.

But, according to the doctor, it's "better than nothing".

[Misteriosa]

instant oatmeal is garbage. soak your oats in water (or milk) overnight with your fave extras and the cooking process is more than halved by morning. ^.^

[Willmore]

Yep.

But, according to the doctor, it's "better than nothing".

Your doctor is in the pocket of big oatmeal.

[Lady Resin]

I can't eat ribs out. Seems to messy to eat in public. Plus I have a few amazing rib recipes to make at home. My favorite meal to eat in public is breakfast. I'm to lazy in the morning to make my own.

[TroutSkin]

Lobster. Restaurants often over cook it and over charge for it.

[Farmer Dave]

Liver and onions, not that I've ever seen it on a menu, but I wouldn't order it. Mine are too good.

[hydee]

instant oatmeal is garbage. soak your oats in water (or milk) overnight with your fave extras and the cooking process is more than halved by morning. ^.^

A friend ferments her oatmeal a bit before she will eat it. She soaks the steel cut oats for about a week in water and it's amazing how great it tastes. It's sort of extra creamy and the texture of the harder outside and the creamy inside is amazing.

[EddieMoscone]

You're really paying for the sauce...I've had some amazing sauces that were worth the money and I know I could not reproduce.

But most food is cheaper and better when cooked at home.

And fresh pasta blows away boxed pasta...you just have to be sure the restaurant is making it fresh. Any italian restaurant worth a damn does.

[TroutSkin]

A friend ferments her oatmeal a bit before she will eat it. She soaks the steel cut oats for about a week in water and it's amazing how great it tastes. It's sort of extra creamy and the texture of the harder outside and the creamy inside is amazing.

A whole week? The directions on the can call for buttermilk for a tradtional finish, how does fermented oatmeal taste?

[strawberrypop]

And fresh pasta blows away boxed pasta...you just have to be sure the restaurant is making it fresh. Any italian restaurant worth a damn does.

Yes.

[opie's twisted balls]

the harder outside and the creamy inside is amazing.
Are you sure you didn't just suck a cock?


But back to home food......never got into roast turkey away from home, not so much because of the bird but because the stuffing is usually nasty and has all sorts of spices I'm not used to

[jauble]

I really think this is a great thread idea, when I think of home foods I immediately go to the slow cooker. Roasts with vegetables, potato soup (my dad always made this for football Sundays) and chili. The best thing in the world is to come back from school/work to a house with the smell of a slow cooked meal.

[Dude!]

The best thing in the world is to come back from school/work to a house with the smell of a slow cooked meal.

to me, the best thing
were those rare days i'd
come home from school
and find my parents not there

[Penelope]

I really think this is a great thread idea, when I think of home foods I immediately go to the slow cooker. Roasts with vegetables, potato soup (my dad always made this for football Sundays) and chili. The best thing in the world is to come back from school/work to a house with the smell of a slow cooked meal.

I love slow cookers/crock pots. I've even cooked a meat loaf in the slow cooker.

[opie's twisted balls]

potato soup
Damn you!!! I was out for dinner a few months ago and one of the people I was with ordered their potato soup and it was AMAZING. I'd forgot about it till you mentioned it and now I'm jonesin' for it.

and find my parents not there
As someone who's about to enter their late 30's I developed an appreciation for what my parents did for me and my brother. My Dad passed many years ago but thankfully Mom is still around and I truly cherish the time spent with her including coming to her place for a home cooked meal. Rarely fancy but always prepared with love and exactly as I like it.

I've even cooked a meat loaf in the slow cooker.
I like my slow cooker and have also done a meatloaf (I think this is the recipe I used (http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1612,156182-246202,00.html)) and while OK I prefer it done in the oven. I like the crusty surface that the high heat produces. :p

[joethebartender]

Unless it's on a deli sandwich... Corned beef.
ANY cereal.
Eggs (excluding omeletes)
Sausage and Peppers
Pot Roast

[strawberrypop]

I refuse to order chicken at a restaurant. There's something so basic about chicken that it seems retarded to me to pay money for someone to prepare it, i think. It seems like American peasant food or some shit.

[SatCam]

Are you sure you didn't just suck a cock?


But back to home food......never got into roast turkey away from home, not so much because of the bird but because the stuffing is usually nasty and has all sorts of spices I'm not used to

Any sort of thanksgiving type meal....... turkey or chicken with mashed potatoes and stuffing........ Id never eat that outside of my parents kitchen

[Hottub]

Any sort of thanksgiving type meal....... turkey or chicken with mashed potatoes and stuffing........ Id never eat that outside of my parents kitchen

What if you are invited to your boyfriend's mom's for Thanksgiving?

[SatCam]

What if you are invited to your boyfriend's mom's for Thanksgiving?

I'd eat her turkey then I'd fuck the shit out of her

[disneyspy]

I'd eat her turkey then I'd fuck the shit out of her

well then you better bring some toilet paper with you

[drusilla]

cereal & i absolutely refuse to order brisket anywhere. i'm sure some bbq restaurants make amazing brisket, but it will never be as good as my mom's. i can't order it ever. even though i know bbq brisket is different than hers i just can't bring myself to do it.

[boosterp]

cereal & i absolutely refuse to order brisket anywhere. i'm sure some bbq restaurants make amazing brisket, but it will never be as good as my mom's. i can't order it ever. even though i know bbq brisket is different than hers i just can't bring myself to do it.

Y'all don't know what brisket is up there though.

[jauble]

cereal & i absolutely refuse to order brisket anywhere. i'm sure some bbq restaurants make amazing brisket, but it will never be as good as my mom's. i can't order it ever. even though i know bbq brisket is different than hers i just can't bring myself to do it.

I really want to try your mother's brisket recipe. One of my best friends got married and then had the reception on a ranch. Where you could see tomorrows lunch.

[Reynolds]

Tuna salad. Seems gross in a restaurant.

My first job was at a restaurant. One of the first duties I had was to make the tuna salad.

Step 1. Pour giant can of tuna into 5 gallon bucket.

Step 2. Pour gallon of mayo into 5 gallon bucket.

Step 3. Add spices

Step 4. Stick bare arm in bucket and stir.

[opie's twisted balls]

Stick bare arm in bucket and stir.
Sounds like German porn

[~Katja~]

Sounds like German porn
it only smells fishy near the Nordsee

[opie's twisted balls]

it only smells fishy near the Nordsee
I don't like a fishy smelling Nordsee (or Soudsee)

[PapaBear]

What I just got done prepping for tomorrow... Tuna casserole.

[TooLowBrow]

What I just got done prepping for tomorrow... Tuna casserole.

ive never had a tuna cassarole

[PapaBear]

ive never had a tuna cassarole
Very simple, and very satisfying.

[Chigworthy]

Any ceviche that I didn't make gives me pause. And by pause, I mean the trotskies.

[drusilla]

Y'all don't know what brisket is up there though.

it's not the same at all. it's eastern european (traditional jewish) brisket with a twist, not bbq. it's waaay different.

[~Katja~]

Any ceviche that I didn't make gives me pause. And by pause, I mean the trotskies.
I couldn't eat it at a restaurant nor at home. I watched my ex's family make it and still could not touch it.

[Gmann]

cereal & i absolutely refuse to order brisket anywhere. i'm sure some bbq restaurants make amazing brisket, but it will never be as good as my mom's. i can't order it ever. even though i know bbq brisket is different than hers i just can't bring myself to do it.

I dream of your moms brisket.

[drusilla]

that's not the first time i've heard that

[Willmore]

I dream of your moms brisket.

Why be so coy about it. Come out and say what you mean. You want aged pussy. We all think about it. Those seductively saggy boobs, those fat creases all over her body, that overflowing gray bush that just beckons you to it. The flapping cunt lips of her enormous vagina that has been ravaged dozens of times.

We all think about, so just say it out loud.


Apologies for saying it in a food thread.

[sailor]

too much? probably.

[boosterp]

too much? probably.

Nah.:banning:

[drusilla]

:nono: